Högberg Named President of Volvo Penta North America
management group, Högberg will take up the position on May 15. Kelleher will continue his position as head of customer support and training in North America.Högberg joined the Volvo Group in 1994 and has held a broad range of leading positions within the group, including areas such as digital services, retail development, and aftermarket sales. He currently holds the position of senior vice president services, solutions, digital and IT for Mack and Volvo Trucks North America.Heléne Mellquist, president of Volvo Penta, said, “Fredrik has an extensive experience as a leader in
UK Hydrographic Office Appoints Peter Sparkes as Chief Executive
, and our marine partners to help safeguard our sea lanes and those operating in the maritime sector."Going forward, UKHO will continue to meet the evolving needs of mariners around the world, contributing fully to the development of the IHO’s second generation of electronic charting and digital services, the S-100 data standard. As part of the Ministry of Defense, UKHO plays a key role in supporting the U.K.’s national security. Our teams will continue to provide defense partners with the decision support, data and expertise they need to conduct military operations."We also join
Brown to Succeed Marsh as CEO at Lloyd's Register
tenure, delivering on a five-year modernization and cultural change strategy," said LR Chairman, Thomas Thune Andersen. "Following the significant investment in new systems and processes, LR is a far more agile and customer-focused organization, with a strong growth platform in innovative digital services, whilst also achieving greater operational excellence."On Brown’s appointment, Andersen added, “The board is delighted to appoint Nick as group CEO at this natural inflexion point in our business cycle and strategic roadmap. As the company writes its next chapter, this is a
JRC/Alphatron Names Kortsmit GM for Key Accounts
JRC/Alphatron Marine said it has appointed Jeroen Kortsmit as Group General Manager Key Accounts as of July 1, 2020.Kortsmit will be responsible for the worldwide expansion and management of the company's customer relationship in the fields of customer satisfaction, maintenance agreements, digital services like e-learning as well as remote maintenance and support. He will develop a global strategy and coordinate and improve the customer contacts worldwide in order to safeguard the relationship with the JRC/Alphatron Marine Group customer base, which includes more than 11,000 vessels worldwide
Study: Ship Tech a $278B Market by 2030
240 active startups by the authors’ database of maritime innovation.The report says that, in 2018, $4.2B of digital spending went to startups and small innovators, with the rest going to corporations that also sell operational technology and hardware. However, as barriers to consume digital services at sea come down, the total spending on digital services from startups and small to medium sized enterprises (SME) will rise to over $111bn by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of 120%.“These are exciting results for our industry, showing that startups and investors should
Redzic Joins Caterpillar as Digital Enabled Solutions VP
takes over for Caterpillar Vice President Julie Lagacy, who has led DESD on an interim basis. Lagacy will continue in her role as vice president of Global Information Services.Redzic brings to the role more than 20 years of global experience in delivering digital solutions like connected vehicles, digital services and autonomous technologies, most recently in the automotive industry. He previously served as senior vice president of connected vehicles and mobility services at Renault Nissan Alliance based in Paris, France.Prior to Redzic's role at Renault Nissan Alliance, he held leadership positions
Kalmar Organizes Idea Creation Challenge
mentor who will help conduct customer interviews and guide the teams during the challenge," says Lasse Eriksson, Vice President, New Service Business Concepts at Kalmar. The partner companies invited in Kalmar Co-Create are Futurice, Gofore and Cybercom, who all are Finnish experts of digital services development. Futurice creates digital services for people to love. Gofore is a digitalisation specialist offering modern services that help operators in the private and public sectors to face digital change. Cybercom is an IT consulting company enabling companies and organisations
DNV GL Creates Digital Solutions Organization
products, particularly software-as-a-service. “We are passionate about constantly developing foresight and knowledge of the technical and operational business challenges our customers face. By building a strong data-driven organization, we accelerate the development of new digital services to support our customers,” Tørstad said. DNV GL said it will recruit a Chief Digital Transformation Officer
